Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Thomas GouldThomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Hogan just mentioned that conditions should be clear and enforceable. Last week, planning permission was received in Cork for the development of student accommodation. We have a huge shortage of student accommodation. It is important that we get accommodation for students. I put in a number of submissions because I had concerns about the density and height. One of the developments has a rooftop garden, which students have to be off of at 10 o'clock at night, 4 o'clock on a Saturday and they cannot use it on a Sunday. Students will be living in accommodation that has a rooftop area with conditions such as these attached. Who is going to enforce that? Let us be honest. Residents in the area will be ringing the Garda and Cork City Council. I do not think such conditions are enforceable.

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